Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →
Theresa Maria Laws v. Borough of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 24-1562 · judgment April 28, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
-
Whether lack of probable cause as an element of malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is a factual question for the jury?
-
Whether dismissal of a Monell claim before an opportunity for discovery may deprive a litigant a fundamentally fair opportunity to litigate her claims under Section 1983?
-
Whether malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 should be analyzed under the Fourteenth Amendment pursuant to the incorporation doctrine?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Angelo L. Cameron
For respondent
Kevin Thomas Todorow
Marshall Dennehey
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 15 2025Waiver of right of respondents Borough of Lansdale, et al. to respond filed.
- Jul 28 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2025)